Eighth Crusade
siege of Tunis during 8th crusade
Charles d'Anjou débarquant à Tunis - Lyon, BM, Ms 880
Charles d’Anjou, roi de Sicile, devant le lit de mort de saint Louis. Français 10135 f.351.
Charles I of Anjou fighting the Saracens of Lucera
Enluminire "Les Grandes chroniques de France"
Death of King Louis IX the Saint at Tunis, 1270
Death Louis IX.
The Death of Saint Louis.
David Aubert, Chroniques abrégées. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms. 5090 réserve, f. 331.
Départ pour la huitième croisade
Eighth Crusade 1270: The capture of Carthage by the crusaders. (British Library, Royal 16 G VI f. 441)
Paix entre Philippe III le Hardi et Mustansir Billâh, roi de Tunis - BnF Français 10135 f.353v.
La mort de Saint Louis
Cardinal Simon de Brie (later Pope Martin IV) preaching a crusade before Louis IX of France. (British Library, Royal 16 G VI f. 436v)
Eighth Crusade 1270: Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) on his deathbed. (British Library, Royal 16 G VI f. 444v)
Louis IX.
The King of Sicily, Charles I of Anjou, who has just disembarked (ship), is praying under the tent of his deceased brother, in the French military camp set up at the foot of a promontory where the city of Tunis stands.
Départ de Saint Louis pour la huitième croisade. Enluminure des Grandes Chroniques de France, XIVe siècle. Paris, BnF, département des Manuscrits, Français 2813, folio 298 verso.
Rakev Ludvíka IX.
La mort de Saint Louis et la bataille de Tunis (1270)
Charles of Anjou, King of Sicily, arrives at deathbed of haloed Saint Louis in Tunis.
Paix entre Philippe III le Hardi et le roi de Tunis. Lyon. Bibliothèque municipale, Ms 880 f. 325v
Philip III and the sultan of Tunis
Detail of a miniature of Louis IX sailing off on his second crusade (Tunis). Origin : France, Central (Paris)
Saint Louis embarquant pour la huitième croisade. Lyon. Bibliothèque municipale, Ms 880 f. 320.
Historical Overview
Final major crusade led by Louis IX to North Africa.
Key Battles
Outcome & Quick Facts
Outcome
Abandonment of the crusade.
